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Soul Asylum back with Delayed Reaction in July

​Soul Asylum will release its first album in six years this July, Delayed Reaction. This will be the tenth studio release from the group, and its first with 429 Records, a label that appears to be highly motivated to snap up bands that hit commercial paydirt in the mid-'90s. The group's new labelm ... More >>

Mary Mack's North Star Comedy Hour & Meat Raffle

​Soul Asylum will release its first album in six years this July, Delayed Reaction. This will be the tenth studio release from the group, and its first with 429 Records, a label that appears to be highly motivated to snap up bands that hit commercial paydirt in the mid-'90s. The group's new labelm ... More >>

X at the Cabooze, 10/6/11

​XOctober 6, 2011Cabooze, MinneapolisLast night's show at the Cabooze took a slightly unusual approach to the typical concert routine. There were no openers this time around, just X. And, also, X.Before the legendary L.A. punk rockers took the stage to play their debut album, Los Angeles, in its e ... More >>

Swap-o-Rama-Rama

​XOctober 6, 2011Cabooze, MinneapolisLast night's show at the Cabooze took a slightly unusual approach to the typical concert routine. There were no openers this time around, just X. And, also, X.Before the legendary L.A. punk rockers took the stage to play their debut album, Los Angeles, in its e ... More >>

Joe Materese

​XOctober 6, 2011Cabooze, MinneapolisLast night's show at the Cabooze took a slightly unusual approach to the typical concert routine. There were no openers this time around, just X. And, also, X.Before the legendary L.A. punk rockers took the stage to play their debut album, Los Angeles, in its e ... More >>

Vikings stadium bill deadline may be Friday

Does this stadium have a purple hue?​Minnesota legislators and the governor already don't seem likely to reach a July 1 agreement on whether to raise taxes to keep the state's government functioning. Now they've set themselves a Friday deadline to try and resolve the $130 million gap between ... More >>

Har Mar Superstar live in LA (VIDEO)

Photo by Tigger Lunney​Each weekend during their February residency, Marijuana Deathsquads shared the stage with a variety of guests from the Twin Cities and elsewhere at varying levels of notoriety. One constant every week has been a give-til-it-hurts performance by Har Mar Superstar, co-res ... More >>

Nick Thune

Photo by Tigger Lunney​Each weekend during their February residency, Marijuana Deathsquads shared the stage with a variety of guests from the Twin Cities and elsewhere at varying levels of notoriety. One constant every week has been a give-til-it-hurts performance by Har Mar Superstar, co-res ... More >>

Azure Ray

Photo by Tigger Lunney​Each weekend during their February residency, Marijuana Deathsquads shared the stage with a variety of guests from the Twin Cities and elsewhere at varying levels of notoriety. One constant every week has been a give-til-it-hurts performance by Har Mar Superstar, co-res ... More >>

Kjell Bjorgen

Photo by Tigger Lunney​Each weekend during their February residency, Marijuana Deathsquads shared the stage with a variety of guests from the Twin Cities and elsewhere at varying levels of notoriety. One constant every week has been a give-til-it-hurts performance by Har Mar Superstar, co-res ... More >>

Arcade Fire to kick off tour in St. Paul

​Arcade Fire just announced the first leg of a tour in support of their new album, The Suburbs, and it will kick off right here in Minnesota with a show at Roy Wilkins Auditorium on September 22. While we have expressed our reservations about Roy Wilkins' sound issues before (some bands sound like ... More >>

Frogtown Fitness

A back alley on the highway to health

HEALTH

A back alley on the highway to health

The Pancakes & Booze Art Show

A back alley on the highway to health

Local Natives, Suckers

A back alley on the highway to health

Everybody Was in the French Resistance... Now!

A back alley on the highway to health

Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun announce 7-inch and spring tour

Photo by Nikki Miller​Two popular local psych rock bands, Vampire Hands and Daughters of the Sun, are preparing to leave on a massive month and a half tour of the US. The two bands are also getting ready to release a split 7-inch (preview the first track on the Modern Radio site), which will drop ... More >>

GOP phone # sends Minnesotan to sex line

​A mystery Minnesotan got a surprise recently when he tried to call and complain about a Republican fund raising letter he received that was disguised as a Census mailer: He called the telephone number listed on the mailer and, according to Poitico, "he was directed to a phone sex line, that ... More >>

Diavolo

​A mystery Minnesotan got a surprise recently when he tried to call and complain about a Republican fund raising letter he received that was disguised as a Census mailer: He called the telephone number listed on the mailer and, according to Poitico, "he was directed to a phone sex line, that ... More >>

The English Beat, Fishbone

​A mystery Minnesotan got a surprise recently when he tried to call and complain about a Republican fund raising letter he received that was disguised as a Census mailer: He called the telephone number listed on the mailer and, according to Poitico, "he was directed to a phone sex line, that ... More >>

Rob Little

​A mystery Minnesotan got a surprise recently when he tried to call and complain about a Republican fund raising letter he received that was disguised as a Census mailer: He called the telephone number listed on the mailer and, according to Poitico, "he was directed to a phone sex line, that ... More >>

The Songs We Can't Escape

​A mystery Minnesotan got a surprise recently when he tried to call and complain about a Republican fund raising letter he received that was disguised as a Census mailer: He called the telephone number listed on the mailer and, according to Poitico, "he was directed to a phone sex line, that ... More >>

Autumn fireworks

It's not so bad to actually appreciate this time of year when friends in L.A. are complaining about 90-degree days and no seasonal changes.

Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose transforms from Minnesota boy to porn star

Chad Fjerstad and his pornstar girlfriend move to L.A. to make it in the skin trade

Newsweek mentions L.A.'s "Golden Gopher" bar

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

Estelle

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

The Lynx raise funds for breast cancer research

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

No Age

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

Health

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

Q & A with Thunder coach Amos Magee

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

Concert Highlights for the Week of July 25 - July 31

Sadly, it is just a diversion on the way to the main course: Kogi, the world's first "viral restaurant."

L.A. Plays Itself

The 'Transformers' premiere party runs out of gas

6/8 Morning Communiqué

The 'Transformers' premiere party runs out of gas

City Planner: Thursday 10/12

The 'Transformers' premiere party runs out of gas

4/10: Morning Communique

The 'Transformers' premiere party runs out of gas

Free Will Astrology

The 'Transformers' premiere party runs out of gas

Extreme Sundance

T&A and the ol' Ultra-V make for the ideal American film festival

Still Desperate After All These Years

X return with their original lineup for the first time in more than a decade

Baby Please Don't Go

Former Minnesotans Say the Twin Cities Cultural Scene Is Insular. Insecure. Unprofitable. Out of Touch. What Does It Mean to Live in an Artists' Paradise If Everyone Wants to Leave?

L.A. Story

A few helpful tips on how not to get beaten up in a race riot

Nouvelle Cuisine

What's Cooking? provides a recipe for the other L.A.

Trial & Era

When Sara Jane Olson goes to court in coming weeks, a Los Angeles jury will be asked to pass judgment on the most divisive time in recent American history.

Rock around the doc

U Film's "Sound Unseen" festival projects our mythologies of music onto the screen

Valley B-Boys

L.A.'s Styles of Beyond make the suburbs safe for hip hop

The Night Beat

Remembering crime reporter Nieson Himmel

Let's Do Lunch

While Ventura knuckles down, Hollywood and the local film industry talk Body language

VIDEO: Cadillac Desert

While Ventura knuckles down, Hollywood and the local film industry talk Body language

Concrete Blonde Y Los Illegals

While Ventura knuckles down, Hollywood and the local film industry talk Body language

Urban Western

While Ventura knuckles down, Hollywood and the local film industry talk Body language